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Golden Thread Gallery: Venice @ Golden Thread Gallery - 28 May 2010 to 24 July 2010 Current Exhibition |
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Venice @ Golden Thread Gallery 28th May - 24 July Venice @ Golden Thread Gallery launches on Friday 28th May 2010 at 6pm. The exhibition features a joint presentation of the exhibitions which represented Northern Ireland and Ireland at the world�s most prestigious visual arts showcase, the Venice Biennale, at Northern Ireland�s leading international contemporary art gallery. The exhibitions from Northern Ireland and Ireland at the 2009 Venice Biennale showcased the work of Susan MacWilliam (Northern Ireland) and Sarah Browne, Gareth Kennedy and a Kennedy Browne collaboration (Ireland). The Golden Thread Gallery is pleased to bring this work to audiences in the North of Ireland for the first time. Susan MacWilliam�s presentation for Northern Ireland at the Venice Biennale was organised and funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the British Council and was curated by Karen Downey. MacWilliam is one of the leading artists to emerge from the North of Ireland in the last decade. The Golden Thread Gallery will present her Venice commissioned video work F-L-A-M-M-A-R-I-O-N. Centering on the events of a 1931 s�ance the work reflects her fascination with the world of the paranormal and raises questions about the possibilities and limitations of language, vision and representation. Ireland�s presentation in Venice was an initiative of Culture Ireland and the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Eala�on. The exhibition curated and commissioned by Caoimh�n Corrigan, featured solo and collaborative works by Sarah Browne and Gareth Kennedy. Aspects of contemporary Ireland feature strongly in their works, which address issues of identity, labour, globalisation, economics, language, materiality and the construction of social space. Venice @ Golden Thread Gallery continues until the 24th July 2010. Project Space Small Wonder 3rd - 17th June Small Wonder is a collaboration between JEMA (The John Erickson Museum of Art) and the Golden Thread Gallery and explores the space between the realm of the imaginary and the miniature. The exhibition combines work produced for JEMA�s Next Chapter, paper works based on the miniature Museum�s plans that will eventually combine to form a book, and two new works by Fiona Larkin, developed directly from her JEMA Next Chapter project. Curated by Brendan Jamison, Sarah McAvera and Eleanor Phillips, the exhibition presents an alternative viewing of JEMA�s paper works alongside Fiona Larkin�s sound work The Listeners (Museum Whisperers) and performance The Woman Flag. A New work by Fluxus artist Ben Patterson Bollywood Love: Object of Desire will also be on display in the JEMA gallery. Next Chapter The JEMA Next Chapter spaces re-envision a page as a site for a museum project space. Artists were invited to produce work for the space provided, free of a specific theme. The notion that 'hypothetical thinking is still a form of reality' was a guiding force in the operation and conception of this project. The project includes 28 artists, of which 16 are Belfast-based and another set of the works produced will be on show at the Raccolte Frugone museum in Genoa, Italy. JEMA Director Sean Miller will be in Belfast on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th June to present performances and collage projects with JEMA's giant rubber stamp and the JEMA walking stick galleries that will be toured throughout the streets of Belfast. The walking tour will depart from the gallery at 12pm on Tuesday 8th June. Fiona Larkin: The Listeners (Museum Whisperers) / The Woman Flag For The Listeners (Museum Whisperers) Larkin has recorded the internal musings of the gallery audience. They don�t tell you what to think but offer you an insight into the musings of others as they peruse the museums cultural offerings. These audio guides turn the voice of knowledge and authority on its head. This voice is internal, honest, not always comprehensive. The gaps leave a space for us to explore our own thoughts and musings in response to what we see. The Woman Flag subverts our pre-conceived notions of a flag as a banner for advertising, identity, a way or raising awareness of the museum. As an emblem it bears little relationship to museum audience and stands towering above. For the purpose of the exhibition it will be brought down to earth and made human, animated beyond its usual function. This performance will take place on Friday 4th June between 10.30am and 14.30pm. Northern Ireland Press Photographers Association Awards Exhibition 1st � 20th July 2010. The Golden Thread Gallery presents the Northern Ireland Press Photographers Association Annual Awards Exhibition. Every year NIPPA launches its search for the best photo journalists in the province. Through the BT Northern Ireland Press Photographer of the Year competition the outstanding work of Northern Ireland�s press photographers is duly recognised and rewarded. Not to be missed. |
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